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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09

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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09
Some Old Timers.

4 number Of years ago Jim Me
Bryar, who now lives near Estcllinc,
resided in Northern Missouri. One
day he crossed Coon creek ut an old
ford, and when he arrived ut town,
told the story as follows.
u give thcr new bridge thcr shake
tcrlay and come in by Lon Chap
mans old ford.
WAS the water very deep
1T was only bout a couple o'loot. >
a year later he was talking with Il
group of friends, when some one re-
fcrrcd to the creek, and McBryar
said
"l'es, | cac'lnle thcr water was
pretty mid'lin' high in Coon creek
last spring. Forgot thrr time wuz
in II hurry and out acrost at the old
ford?"
The WATERWAYS pretty high, wasn't
it,"
You net it were! 1t come right
up ter thcr wagon box and my OIL
horse had ter swim Il little, but |
made it all right.
Some five years after he was one
day sitting in lrontoia grocery store,
and told the story like this:
You know that spring Of 'GS,
when ther water were So blame, high
over in Coon creek"
"Nes."
1T just Billed, you remember.
We'll, sir, the day thcr bridge went
out came to town, and crossed
whcr thcr want no ford neither"
Wasn't it dangerous"
well, should Just reckon it wuzl
| don't know how deep the water
might o'bccn, but there want no bot
tom. The old sor'l and bay had ter
swim bout hundred yards. | stood
right up in the wagon and then |
got pretty wet ! tell you | don't
want amy moresuch Experiences"
Some years after old Jim moved
to Dakota. He had been here but a
short time when one day he got a
crowd around him on the street cor
ner in Estclline and said;
"Gen'lemen, thought one of yci
spoke of high water ON the Big
Sioux? Yes, | lowed hccrd ii
Well, now l'lltell yerycr don't know
nothing bout high water up'n this
country. | had little spcrienct
with water down in Missouri that
was Just 'pout all | wanted
How was it,
"Wy, it wus the spring of 'G2
after the hard winter, and crosSet
the Grand river after doctor. Tn,
bridge WIS all gone and houses WI,
iloatm' down like steamboats, ! hac
Il fine tcem o'horscs, and had tc
get acrost, 50 just drove right ii
and made EN- swim. 1t were nigl
ON a half mile and it were rainin
and the waves were a-rollin', but
just stood up'n the wagon. | swun.
the whip and got acrost at la, t."
One day this week Jim came i'm
to the Bell office and said
Young man, reckon you neve
had no spcricncc with high watcr2
No! very much.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09

Edward shepherd of HARRISBURG. IN
says "llaving received so mnoh Lnra,;,'
from Electric Bitters. I f,elTt nv dutv a.,
Jet suffering humanity know ii. Have
hili a running sore ON nv leg for eiuht
years my doctors tdtl me would bsv,
to have the bone scraped or leg ampnta-
ted. USED, instead three bottles Of
Electric Hitters and seven boxes Rnct :
lens Arnica Salve, and my leg is now
sound and we'll" Electric Bi,ters are
sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklem's
Arnica Salve at 25c; per box bv Braton
Smith, Newark Del. ''.''''
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09
SEE OUR WINDOW.

$1,000 :;: e e: "a: : = % : . : = ::
Handsome Atwood Fancy Plaid Chcyio Suits
Plain Mlwop Mixed Cashmere Suits
$1,000 !; ! T.: ~; q :: y = g :; : : : g. $ &c. e. e: ] ::
Mwol Mixed Plaid (nssintrs Sack Suits.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09

A little boy in Warrenton, visited
his aunt IN the country not long
since. One day Mt the dinner table
the table complained that a jar Of
favorite preserves had mysterously
disappeared from the pantry Each
one present disclaimed any know
ledge of the fact except the little boy,
who remained studiously silent.
At last he was asked if he knew
what had become of the missing
fruit, when he replied" "My pa
don't allow me to talk at the table. "
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09

\ correspondent asks: as il
wrong to cheat q lawyer.' First
cheat the lawyer, and then we win
answer the comundrum.-Proridence
1clegrem.
There is an amusing as well as am
annoying side to the printers mis-
takes. y minister not long acn
preached from the text: "Bc yc
therefore stcadiast." But the prin-
ter made him cXpouud, BE We there
for breakfast.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09
Buoklen's Arnioa Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains.
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and pos
itively cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisiac-
per box. l'oiSalc by Beaton Smith, drug
gists, Newark, Delaware.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09
Enjoy Life.

What a truly beautiful world we live
in Nature gives us grandeur of noun
tains, glenS and oceans. and thousand Of
means of enjoyment We can desire no
better when in perfect hralth but how
often do the mejority of people feel like
giving it mp dishcartencd. discouraged
and worn ont with disease when there
is no occasion for this feeling, ms every
sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory
proof, that Grccn'S luyuN FOrer, will
make them free from disease as when
born, dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
are the direct causes of seventy-iive per
cent. of such malaAics rs Biliousness. In
digestion, Sick Headache, Costiveness
Nervous Prostitution, Dizziness of the
Head, Palptulion of the Heart. and
other distressing symptoms. Three
doses of A"g1I tiomr will prove its
wonderful effect. Sample bottles, 10
cents. Try it,
One Of our urcXchangcs recently had
a laborcd article to show that there
has been quite an Improvement in
the habits of the people of this
country. because there * less distill-
ed liquor used. per- capita, and more
irrmcntrd. 1t reminds ua Of Il story
whose moral is so blunt that we
have no need to give ii in order that
our readers may see il.
\ man had il dog that was very
offensive to his wife. She begged
him often to dispose of it in some
way. one day he came home and
said: Wen wife, I've sold the dog"
"Who was fool enough to buy him?"
she asked. Fifty dollars! Did you
get the money!" "No, took two
pups at twenty-five dollars each. =
Loiw Visitor
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-09
SPECIAL INVITATION SALE

Not mark down. but invitation that You will not be slow
to accept We to become acquainted with you who have
been in store So put prices Mems and
desirable Suits (nal this and just i'll stoc,) lower than
you before heard of for ilstcaSs goods All
own reliable make. Full lines. No broken lots odds and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-13
BOYS AS INVENTERS.
Grand Mechanical DEVICES Pro-
duced by Mere Striplings.

4
Some of the most Important inven-
tons have been the work of mere boys.
The invention of the valve motion to
the steam engine was made by boy.
Watt left the engine ia a very incom-
plete condition from the fact that he had
no way to open or close the valves ex-
cept by means of levers operated by
hand. He set up large engine at one
of the mines, and boy was hired to
work these valve levers. Although this
was not hard work, yet it required his
constant attention. AS he was working
these levers he saw the parts of the en-
CINE moved in the right direction, and
at the exact time he had to open or close
the valves. He produced long, strong
cord, and made one end fast to the pro =
per part of the engine and the other to
the valve lever. Then he had the per-
feet satisfaction of seeing the engine
move of with perfect regularity of mo-
ton. A short time after the foreman
came around and saw the boy playing
marbles at the door. Looking at the
engine, he soon saw the ingenuity of the
boy, and also the advantage of so great
an invention. Mr.. Watt then c.rried
out the boys inventive genius in prac-
teal form, and made the steam engine
a perfect automatic working machine.
The power loom is the invention of q
farmer boy, who had never seen or
heard of such thing. He cut one with
a knife, and after he had got it all done
he with great enthusiasm showed it to
his father, who at once kicked it to
pieces, saying that he would have no
boy about him who would spend his
time on such foolish things. The boy
was afterWard apprenticed to black
smith, and he soon found that his
new master was kind and took lively
interest in him. He made a loom of
what was left of the one his father had
broken up, which he showed to his
master. The blacksmith saw that he
had no common boy for an apprentice.
and that the invention was a very val
liable one. He immediately had aloom
constructed under the supervision of the
boy. 1t worked to their perfect salts
faction, and so the blacksmith furnished
the means to manufacture the looms,
the boy to receive one-half the profits.
LII dDOu6 year Guc DldChSLhlIu NIOLO W
the boys father thai he should visit
him. and bring with him wealthy gen.
tleman, who was the inventor of the
celebrated power loom. You may be
able to Judge the astonishment of the
old man when his son was presented as
The inventor, who told him the loom
was the same as the model he (the |
father had kicked to pieces year be- |
fore SmRatOO the great mechanic |
when a boy, disdained the ordinary |
of boyhood. One day, after
having watched some millwrights, he |
was discovered, to the great distress of |
MS family, in situation of extreme
danger, fixing windmill on the top of
he barn. He afterward built the Eddy
stone lighthouse in the midst of the
waves. Cyrus Il. Mccormick was not
p years old when he produced the first
practical reaper the world ever saw
Youth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-13
LONDON'S UNEMPLOYED.
The Labor Question Assuming Seri-
GUS Proportions.

The difficulty of dealing with the
unemployed" in London seems to be
growing greater, largely owing to the
fact that there is no way of discrimin
ating between the unemployed who want
employment and those who do not. The
criminal or dangerous class in London,
who do not follow any honest calling, is
probably much larger than the class Of
honest poor who cannot just now find
any work to do, and the former attend
the meetings and parades in the West
End in the hope OF a disturbance ana a
chance to plumber. But the fact that
the two classes are always mixed makes
any vigorous action on the part of the
police very difficult. Consequently the
demonstrations in the business streets
are carried on with impunity. The ir-
ruptions made into st. Paul's and West
minister Abbey, with the accompanying
ruffianly Interruptions of the service
and dissertation of the monuments,
however, will probably irritste the pub
lie into demanding sterner measures of
repression. The West End shopkeepers,
who have to keep constantly ready to
put up their shutters, lest a meeting
should suddenly be converted into
marauding party, seem to be already
near the end of their patience. Where
the end of these disturbances is to be,
however, is something no man can
tell. Every body has foreseen during the
last thirty years OF Industrial progress
in England that if there came for any
TornlnnnoH nhnnH 70 hor
perity, the labor question would assume
very serious proportions, and that it
would take some time for the surplus
of labor, both skilled and unskilled. to
find new fields. Every country which is
to-day developing great manufacturing
industries is exposing itself in a greater
or less degree to the same risks. Belgium
is passing through worse crisis than
England. She is carrying on to day
good many industries which pay little
or no profit, and simply give wretched
support to the laborers. The great coal
strike in France, which only came TO
an end few months ago after lasting
nearly two years, was made against
which had for years made
no profits. The worst of it is that the
agitators, when things come to a pass
like this. persuade the laborers either
that if they owned the mines or the
mills themselves they would make a
good living out of them, or that there
is fund somewhere in the possess. on
of the capitalists which the government
ought to let them get at. The only
remedy seems to be the extension of
cooperation, so as to spread among
the laboring class greater knowledge of
the conditions of successful business
At present q large
of them talk and feel about
capital as small children talk and feel
about their fathers money, that is, az
f MS purse were inexhaustible or easily
Y. Evefsiag Post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-13
rheumatism

Is undoubtedly caused by lactid acid in
the blood. This acid attacks the fiberous
tissues, and causes the pains and
aches in the back, shoulders. knees
ankles, hips, ana wrists. Thousands Of
people have found in Hoods Sarsap-
arilla a positive cure for rheumatism
This medicine, by its purifying action
neutfalizes the acidity of the blood, aud
also builds = md strengthens the
whole body. 4
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-05
Legal Don'ts.

Don't transcend your authority as
agent, or you will become personally
responsible.
Don't accept a chattel mortgage
unless the schedule annexed contains
every article to be covered by the
lien.
Don't forget that a chattel mort
gage is, in fact, conditional bill Of
sale.
Don't think that compound interest
will render a contract usurous.
Don't forget that there is an i'm
piled guaranty in selling goods by
sample.
Don't sue for one-half Of a demand
unless you want to lose the other.
Don't refuse the call of a aherih
to aid him in making an arrest.
Don't rely on witness who can't
60 into detail.
Don't testify to your own conclus-
ious unless you are an expert,
Don't hold a paper on an account
an unreasonable time, or you will be
presumed to admit its correctness.
Don't erect a building upon foun-
dations sunken into the ground or it
viii become part Of the realty.
Don't take a title where there is a
judgment against man Of the same
name as your grantor, without CON
elusive proof that he b not the judg-
ment debtor.
Don't think that a promise TO mar
ry will be void because no time l.
fixed. The law viii allow a reasona-
bic time,
Don't forget that a pFomissory
note ln the hands Of innocent third
parties for value shuts out ali de-
fenses usually made on contracts.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-05
The Real Woman.

There is a subtle element entering
into the relations Of the sexes which
men rarely perceive. II is somewhat
difficult to describe, but ia rough
way may be stated thus; Women
have an entity OF their own inyoly-
ing distinctive ideas, tastes, feelings
and even a programme Of life they
recognize it among themselves, value
it and respect il. Men 80 little take
this into account that even the most
chivalrous men consciously or un-
consciously regard woman as sort
of ''annex" 10 a man, graceful and
loveable it may be, but still chiefly
important az identified with man.
his comforts, passions or ambitions.
1t is a revival Of the times when
woman was universally considered
an inferior being. Ia certain lands
she was even denied the possession
Of a soul. The modern man recoy-
cred from this brutal idiocy, but be
has things yet to learn and one Of
them is that the emancipated sex
has a mental and moral life Of g.
own, which may aud does blend with
that Of men, bat which has its own
special "form and pressure" aud
which women, both IN private com-
mnnings and in their social relations
with their own sex. egsecm 81 as
much value az the thoughts and no.
tivities Of their masculine c0mpeera.
When man gets an insight Of this
phase ~ wOman's mind aud career.
aud treats il with sense aud consid.
Grafton, he will find woman nearer
and dearer % him than ever, aud a.
will greatly improve himself. It
will then open a new field Of intel
lectual experience, and aid him ,n
mind, manners aud the yagsah II
happiness.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-05

Nou may Pc an idiot or YOU may hc
insane. but neither Your idoy nor
your insanity forbids your voting m
the upper chamber, as was shown
when, So as o. make sure of "a major
ity over the last reform hill wr.tcs
George X. Sims in che London Rff
cree. Lord Salisbury brought several
peers from private lunatic asylums ur
the recesscs OF their own houses,
whence they had NOT been for long
while, with their keepers and attend.
ants. They came, some of them Boa
that tonguc-lollng state of imhccIliiy
which must have made all who snw
them bless God once again that we
have a house of lords, and wonder
that God does not bless himself also
and when thcy bad registered their
votes against the wishes of the ma.
jority of the faithful commons, they
were taken back again to the places
whence they came, 10 play on barrel
organs, dress themselves as little boys
not vet hrceched, stand constantly on
their heads, DE huddlcd and helpless
in corners, OF 40 any one 81 thc uum-
erous things that are known Go he
done by ten or a dozen, if mot more,
OF England's hereditary Legislators.
The heir 90 Che noblc.t house .n
the entire British peemge Be- NOT only
physically bercft; hc is absolutely ln
mental darkness. but that viii mot
prevent his being taken % tho house
one Of these days, should Die vote bc
necessary for the side ho ad0rna.
There is "a courtesy earl iu thc south
country who will In due course be %
marquis, who has 90 be strapped down
iu his bed o. nights, and BE- never lrft
by himself This somc-day-to-hc
hereditary legislator is now and agaIu
allowed to hunt the foN, or the hare,
or the sting bat in the Geld hr .s al-
ways accompanied by four keepers,
an better mounted than hc is himself.
all good horsemen aud all ready to
prevent him getting into mischief or
making too awful uu exhibition fo
himself.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-05
After Harvest.

The DAYS the harvest are past again;
We have cut the corn and bound the sheaves,
And gathered the apples green and gold,
Mid the brown and crimson orchard leaves
With a fowery promise the sprin g-time came,
With the building birds and blossoms sweet;
But oh the honey, and fruit, and wine!
And oh the joy of the corn and wheat!
What was the bloom to the apples gold,
And what the flower TO the honeycomb?
What was the song that sped the pillow,
To the joyful song of Harvest Home.
So sweet, so fair, are the days of youth:
80 full of promise, gay with song;
To the tilt of JOY and the dream of love,
Right merrily go the hours along.
But vet in the harvest time of life
We never wish for its spring again.
We have tried our strength, and proved our heart
Our hands have gathered their golden grain
We have eaten with sorrow her bitter bread,
And Love has fed with honeycomb;
Sweet youth, we can never weep for thee
When life has come to its Harvest Home
When the apples red on the topmost bough,
We do not think of their bossomine hour:
When the vine hangs low with its purple fruit,
We do not long for the pale green flower.
So then, when hopes of our spring at last
Are found in the fruit OF the busy brain.
In the hearts sweet love, in the hands brave toll
We shall not wish for our youth again
All, no We shall say, with glad content,
"After the years of our hard unrest,
Thank God for our ripened hopes and toll
Thank God, the Harvest of Life is best!"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-05
The Ferns Lessons.
In the valley centuries ago,

In the valley centuries ago,
Grew little fern-leaf, green and slender,
Veining delicate and fbres tender;
Waving when the wind crept down so low;
Bushes tall and moss and grass grew round it,
Playful sunbeamS darted in and found it,
Drops of dew stole in, by highland crowned it
But no foot of man e'er trod that way;
Earth young, and keeping holiday.
Monster fishes swan the silent main,
Stately forests waved their giant branches,
Mountains hurled their snowy avalanches,
Mammoth creatures walked across the plain;
Mature revelled in grand mysteries,
But the little fern not of these,
Did not number with the hills and trees;
Only grew and waved its wild sweet way,
No one came 10 note it day by day.
Earth, time, put on a frolic mood
Heaved the rocks, and changed the mighty mo-
ton,
OF the deep, strong currents of the ocean,
Moved the plain and shook the naughty wood,
Crushed the little fern in soft, moist clay,
Covered it, and hid it safe away;
Oh! the long, long centuries since that day!
Oh, the agony oh, Ife's bitter cost
Since that useless little fern was lost!
Useless: Lost? There came a thoughtful man
Searching Natures secrets, far and dep;
From Il fssure in a rocky steep
He withdrew stone, o'sr which there ran
Fairy pencillings, quaint design,
Neinings, LEAKAGE, ibres clear and fine,
And the ferns life Iayin every line;
So, think, God hides some souls away.
Sweetly to surprise US. the last day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-05

DO we ever think what conta-
gious disease this is, or DO we ever
think that we are wilfully stirring mp
all the discordant elements around
us by our contemplate whining (:
When there is so much in life that Is
grand and glorious, how can we mar
it by ceaseless grumbling,when all ma
ture is fraught with beauty, and calls
for Joy and thankfulnessg But nos
where is this terrible habit felt SO
keenly as in the household; the place
where, above all others, we look for
peace and contentment, this hydra
headed monster rears its stupendous
proportions and turns every nook and
corner into a place Of torment and
unrest. Let the father or mother
get up in the morning with a doleful
whining look upon their face, and
how soon it is telegraphed to every
member of the family; the sunlight
of happiness is at once dispelled, and
cold discomfort and dissatisfaction
takes its place.
Trials will come in life 10 burden
the heart and sadden the eye, but
let us meet them manfully and wo-
manly. with cheerfulness and hope
fulness, and the greatest affection
will be far easier TO bear, and will
bring around us an unseen influence
that will buoy us up though the way
seems ever so dark and drear.
A whining, complaining spirit sa-
vors of doubt and distrust Of lIeav-
ems goodness, while a pleasant smile
and a cheerful word diffuses JOY and
gladness to all around.
A whining grumbler is a moth that
eats into the vitals Of home and So
ciety, and is always prompted by eX-
treme selfshness. The man or wo-
man who is supremely wrapped up Ia
selfish desires can be of little help Go
the world, and their places ought 90
be filled with broader minded people,
for their every wish is narrowed down
to self qualification, and unless every
one around them administers to their
comforts and wishes, they invariably
don a whining face and grumble
at their own hard lot and pleasure
less lives So they go through life
dissatisfied and unreconciled, seeing
nothing of the beauty and harmony
of nature, realizing nothing Of the
grand lessons OF life TO be learned,
knowing nothing of the importance
of example or the responsibility rest
ing upon each of Gods children.
1t has very truly been said that "a
cheerful heart maketh labor light. q"
Life is too real and earnest TO be
spent in heartless grumbling.
There is too much work 10 be done,
too many aching hearts to soothe, too
many tears to wipe away, too many
weary hands reaching out TO us for
comfort and guidance, too many
wandering feet to lead back TO paths
Of rectitude and wisdom, too much
real sorrow to assuage with words Of
!
cheer and deeds Of kindness, to admit
of vain complaining. The world is
full of work for each Of Us TO do,
and the more happiness we bestow
on others, the more we shall be
blessed ourselves. And If we cheer
fully perform the work which God
has assigned TO rs, our reward Of
"well done" will more than repay us
for all our efforts. l.. A. &.